Statistically Quantifying the Uncertainty in Strength of Marine Clay Stabilized by a Type of Portland-Fly Ash Cement

<div>Illustration of components from a PFC-stabilized soil and definition of symbols used in the current study (PFC, Portland-fly ash cement; <i>M</i><sub><i>s</i></sub> is the mass of solid soil in natural soil; <i>M</i><sub><i>c</i></sub> is the mass of cement in blinder slurry; <i>M</i><sub><i>F</i></sub> is the mass of fly ash in blinder slurry; <svg height="11.927pt" id="M3" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 23.9067 11.927" width="23.9067pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M962 650H795L470 145L347 650H176L170 622C268 613 275 606 244 503L190 322C150 188 132 126 118 91C102 50 80 33 18 28L12 0H245L251 28C175 35 170 48 174 93C177 128 191 180 220 284L292 542H294C331 392 383 150 409 4H432L774 555H776L714 137C700 40 694 34 612 28L606 0H868L874 28C793 34 784 37 797 137L849 533C859 612 863 616 956 622L962 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,12.22,3.132)"><path d="M698 334C698 397 680 451 655 451C627 451 602 424 602 397C602 389 605 383 614 371C622 360 624 340 624 317C624 161 546 47 458 47C419 47 389 69 389 125C389 142 391 162 397 185L457 430L451 435L380 421L315 164C301 107 266 47 222 47C182 47 153 69 153 126C153 137 157 162 161 185C166 214 179 265 197 334C203 358 208 385 208 407C208 433 201 451 176 451C124 451 64 404 24 348L44 320C86 366 113 382 121 382C126 382 128 381 128 374C128 368 126 356 122 341C102 266 88 204 81 164C77 143 73 121 73 107C73 23 131 -12 187 -12C234 -12 281 10 322 45C343 5 383 -12 422 -12C559 -12 698 174 698 334Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,18.791,3.132)"><path d="M389 0V32C297 38 291 46 291 118V635C234 613 175 595 109 583V556L161 554C203 552 207 547 207 497V118C207 46 201 38 110 32V0H389Z"></path></g></svg> is the mass of water in natural soil; and <svg height="11.927pt" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 23.9067 11.927" width="23.9067pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M962 650H795L470 145L347 650H176L170 622C268 613 275 606 244 503L190 322C150 188 132 126 118 91C102 50 80 33 18 28L12 0H245L251 28C175 35 170 48 174 93C177 128 191 180 220 284L292 542H294C331 392 383 150 409 4H432L774 555H776L714 137C700 40 694 34 612 28L606 0H868L874 28C793 34 784 37 797 137L849 533C859 612 863 616 956 622L962 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,12.22,3.132)"><path d="M698 334C698 397 680 451 655 451C627 451 602 424 602 397C602 389 605 383 614 371C622 360 624 340 624 317C624 161 546 47 458 47C419 47 389 69 389 125C389 142 391 162 397 185L457 430L451 435L380 421L315 164C301 107 266 47 222 47C182 47 153 69 153 126C153 137 157 162 161 185C166 214 179 265 197 334C203 358 208 385 208 407C208 433 201 451 176 451C124 451 64 404 24 348L44 320C86 366 113 382 121 382C126 382 128 381 128 374C128 368 126 356 122 341C102 266 88 204 81 164C77 143 73 121 73 107C73 23 131 -12 187 -12C234 -12 281 10 322 45C343 5 383 -12 422 -12C559 -12 698 174 698 334Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,18.791,3.132)"><path d="M414 144C384 79 371 75 317 75H135L276 221C367 316 408 376 408 465C408 570 327 635 237 635C179 635 131 609 100 575L42 494L67 471C94 510 138 565 205 565C277 565 321 517 321 435C321 348 258 270 195 195C146 137 88 81 33 26V0H411C423 44 433 88 446 135L414 144Z"></path></g></svg> is the mass of water in blinder slurry).</div>

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Figure 3: Statistically Quantifying the Uncertainty in Strength of Marine Clay Stabilized by a Type of Portland-Fly Ash Cement 